The manager of a Burton beauty salon has issued an appeal in the hunt to catch a would-be thief who tried to break into her business.

Leanne Jones, manager at Skye Blue Beauty in Station Street, was left upset and concerned after a would-be thief attempted to break in to the salon, sometime last week.

Miss Jones, 24, of Stapenhill, said that she has never needed to invest in CCTV but the incident has made her think twice about extra security measures.

She said: "On Tuesday morning as soon as we got to work to open up we noticed scrape marks all down the door and the wood was broken where someone had obviously tried to get in.

Skye Blue Beauty in Station Street was targeted in an attempted break-in

"We reported it straight away and luckily they didn’t succeed so nothing was taken.

"Saturday was a normal day and we had staff and customers in but after leaving the premises on Saturday evening, we didn’t return until Tuesday morning, which means it could have happened at any time between then.

"It is frustrating because we don’t have CCTV on the premises so we were relying on other’s surveillance, but we have never needed it before. I have worked here for four years and never had anything like this happen.